Monthly Archives: February 2011
YOGA, Antivirus, and Jeans Squidoo Lenses
As an internet marketer, it is important to have a diverse portfolio. You should be incorporating a wide variety of traffic generating techniques in order to make sales. While many prefer to stick to traditional article marketing and forum posting techniques, many strong marketers know the importance and value of having a good Squidoo Lens in place. A Squidoo Lens is great not only for driving traffic back to your website but for earning some additional income as well.
That said, I’ve created a few Squidoo Lenses that I’m putting up for sale. These three lenses are very different from each other but all focus on hot niche topics – yoga (health/wellness), computer security, and higher end women’s clothing.
Check out the lenses here and let me know if you are interested. They’re all new lenses currently priced at $100 USD:
- Pranayama Yoga – Breathing for Life
- How to Find the Best Women’s Jeans
- Choosing an Antivirus System for Windows
All of these lenses are optimized for Amazon sales and the Yoga lens has at least one Clickbank link as well. You can change anything you’d like about these lenses, and I’ll give you instructions for updating the links with your own affiliate identification codes as well.
All of the images contained within these pages are from iStockPhoto so you will never have any copyright issues with the images.
Contact deborah at writeontheedge dot com if you’re interested in any of these lenses or if you’d like me to build you a custom lens!
I Can Be Successful Online
I have something to admit. 2010 was a really bad year for me. A lot went on, both personally and professionally, and some of that personal stuff made the professional aspect of my life a bit difficult.
2011 is going to be different. I’ve got a clearer picture of my business model in my head. I know I’m not going to waste as much on stuff I don’t need, and I know what I can do realistically as opposed to what I only wish I could do.
There are very few internet marketing “gurus” I really trust. When I first started to build my freelance business, I subscribed to the lists of more people than I can count. I soon realized I had joined a bunch of marketing lists. These people didn’t really care about me. They simply wanted to make money.
There is one marketer I do trust, though. Her name is Tiffany Dow and while she does sell products to her list, I’ve never gotten an email from her that didn’t contain valuable, helpful information. Tiffany seems to understand just how large the web really is and she isn’t afraid to help others find their little piece of internet real estate. I learn something from every single message Tiffany sends. I’ve purchased her products, I’ve read her eReports, and I learn from her. She even answers my emails!
I can’t say that about most of the others I have encountered.
Needless to say, I’m feeling a bit inspired this morning. I’m working through my to-do list for the week and I’m just about where I should be. I’m keeping my eyes on my goals and am working towards developing the next part of my internet empire. This year is going to be my year for success!
Thumbnail image for this post licensed for commercial use, from talented Flickr user royblumenthal.
Editing Your PayPal Payment Receipt Settings
Every now and again we have a lesson to learn – the hard way. This past weekend I learned that while the majority of my clients will pay me instantly, some will occasionally attempt to slip an eCheck or slower method of payment into the mix. According to most of my contracts and agreements, this simply isn’t acceptable.
Imagine my surprise, then, when one of my clients – after weeks of quick payment – suddenly paid me via eCheck. The implications are rather far reaching. To make a long story short, eChecks have a 6-8 business day hold for clearance. This meant I would be at least 1 – 1 1/2 weeks behind financially and would be unable to pay the “team” working with me on this project.
My client was kind enough to replace the payment immediately but I couldn’t help but wonder if there was something I could do to avoid being forced to accept this less-than-desirable method of payment.
Fortunately, a fellow writer and Facebook friend quickly came to the rescue and gave me instructions on how to change my PayPal settings. So here’s what you need to do:
- Log into your PayPal account
- Go to your Profile
- Click on Seller Preferences
- Click on Payment Receiving Preferences
From here you’ll be presented with a whole list of settings you can update, including wehther or not you will accept eChecks (you can block eChecks for everything except for eBay).
It may be worth logging in and taking a look around, even if this is not a problem for you. You never know if or when you will have a payment issue.
